As a writer, Tim has created a variety of game worlds including Dark Sun (with Troy Denning) and 2300 AD (with Lester Smith), written numerous role-playing accessories and adventures, written a novel and several short stories, created collectible dice and card games, contributed questions to many trivia games, and created the popular Minute Sports line of dice/computer/cell phone games.

As a well-meaning vagabond, Tim has traveled widely, engaged in Civil War reenactment, performed various wedding ceremonies, owned a video store, owned a game company, and somewhere in there raised a fine family.